Wall Street Journal Crossword July 31, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, July 31, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “I Got You Babe” by Jeff Jerome. Today’s puzzle has a total of 142 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorJeff Jerome

Clues142

Grid21×21

Across

1Hacker’s goal6 Letters

7“1,000 songs in your pocket” advertiser4 Letters

11Hurried flight3 Letters

14Coal stratum4 Letters

18“Roamin’ in the ___” (1912 Harry Lauder song)7 Letters

19Longest river entirely within Switzerland4 Letters

20Bonobo, e.g.3 Letters

215 for B or 6 for C, e.g.4 Letters

22Home of Velázquez’s “Las Meninas”7 Letters

23Grumpy or Happy on wash day, maybe?13 Letters

26Away from home5 Letters

27Hero helped by the divine monkey Hanuman4 Letters

29Road trip stops9 Letters

30GI thumbing a ride from Fort Bragg to Fort Benning?14 Letters

34Capital on the Missouri River6 Letters

35The Chariot or the Tower, e.g.5 Letters

362013 Joaquin Phoenix movie about an AI crush3 Letters

37Take a load off3 Letters

38Olympic paddler8 Letters

42Inexperienced educator?12 Letters

48From the start4 Letters

49“___ would like to play” (2006 ad slogan)3 Letters

50Frozen Wasser3 Letters

51Cheeky, say4 Letters

52Boccie-loving Doberman?15 Letters

59“Girl, Interrupted” Oscar winner5 Letters

60Bygone jet3 Letters

61Colleague of Cleese and Idle5 Letters

62Tailless amphibian4 Letters

63Stared stupidly6 Letters

64Musket attachment7 Letters

66Chicago’s largest newspaper7 Letters

68Impressively tough6 Letters

71Part of QED4 Letters

73Harden (to)5 Letters

74Business with sweaters3 Letters

77Wrong5 Letters

78“I’ll take whatever beef or pork is available, thanks”?15 Letters

81Shankar with a sitar4 Letters

82Closely monitored hosp. section3 Letters

83Fraction of a joule3 Letters

84Kate, to Archie and Lilibet4 Letters

85Roy Campanella or Charles Johnson, e.g.?12 Letters

89Unspecified8 Letters

93___ Lingus3 Letters

94Paris accord?3 Letters

95Valentine’s gift5 Letters

96Evaluate6 Letters

100Praise for a former British prime minister?14 Letters

106Mobile home?9 Letters

108“Very funny!”4 Letters

109Still in the game5 Letters

110Central American plotting a coup?13 Letters

113Took a road trip7 Letters

115___ II (Gillette brand)4 Letters

116Word after bachelor or mouse3 Letters

117Salt or smoke, say4 Letters

118Gridiron squads7 Letters

119Spanish painter with murals in 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s lobby4 Letters

120“___ Beso” (Paul Anka song)3 Letters

121“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” singer seen as the last part of this puzzle’s theme answers4 Letters

122Parched place6 Letters

Down

1Permit5 Letters

2Acknowledge5 Letters

3Indigenous West Indian people5 Letters

4Flow forth7 Letters

5Caesar of comedy3 Letters

6Bothersome bunkmates7 Letters

7Confession starter6 Letters

8Play with, kitten-style5 Letters

9Singer Rita3 Letters

10German article3 Letters

11Focused beam5 Letters

12Bldg. divisions4 Letters

13Mrs. Lovett’s wares, in “Sweeney Todd”8 Letters

14Paris’s ___-Coeur5 Letters

15Anesthetic of the past5 Letters

16Lend ___ (listen)5 Letters

17Code creator5 Letters

18Polite fellow4 Letters

24Brest brother5 Letters

25Indian yogurt-and-cucumber dip5 Letters

28Cuts like ___ knife through butter4 Letters

31Three-prong Japanese weapon3 Letters

32Resurrection figure6 Letters

33Tee follower3 Letters

37Commotion4 Letters

38Line at LaGuardia4 Letters

39Yucatán years4 Letters

40Semiaquatic salamander4 Letters

41Athena’s symbol3 Letters

42Bar supply3 Letters

43Calling for7 Letters

44“Jerry Maguire” director Cameron5 Letters

45Skeletal ship4 Letters

46Falco of “The Sopranos”4 Letters

47Sax piece4 Letters

49Aging facility6 Letters

53“Count me out”5 Letters

54Opposition answers4 Letters

55Day-___ paint3 Letters

56Pesto bit7 Letters

57Bed in a barracks3 Letters

58Painter/AIDS activist Keith6 Letters

59Singer Jackson5 Letters

63Spiritual guide4 Letters

64No-frills5 Letters

65Pic on a pec3 Letters

67Condescending address for a man3 Letters

68Fishhook feature4 Letters

69Human rights activist Clooney4 Letters

70Met headliner4 Letters

72“The heavens speed ___ thine enterprise!”: Portia6 Letters

74Elisabeth of “Leaving Las Vegas”4 Letters

75Slammers4 Letters

76Critic’s concern4 Letters

78Rent-___4 Letters

79Clearance tag abbr.3 Letters

80Hall of Famer Ripken3 Letters

82Antarctic expanse8 Letters

86Casey with a countdown5 Letters

87Sky streaker5 Letters

88Shade3 Letters

89Chris of “Law & Order”4 Letters

90Hanging one’s head7 Letters

91___ culpa3 Letters

92Mount Vernon and Monticello, e.g.7 Letters

95Lion, at times6 Letters

96Dr. visits5 Letters

97Market unit5 Letters

98Sub system5 Letters

99Put into practice5 Letters

100South American barbecue5 Letters

101Pointer’s word5 Letters

102Garlic unit5 Letters

103Personnel head, at times5 Letters

104Happening5 Letters

105Cincinnati team4 Letters

107Cries of insight4 Letters

111Roman 3003 Letters

112Bewildered response3 Letters

114Bullring cry3 Letters

About the July 31, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, July 31, 2026 runs under the title “I Got You Babe” and was constructed by Jeff Jerome. It uses a 21×21 grid and contains 142 clues — 62 across and 80 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the July 31, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 142 clues — 62 across and 80 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The July 31, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Jeff Jerome.

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